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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Who Shall Ratify? The People or the States?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which delegate makes the motion that an address to the people accompanies the Constitution?
(a) Rufus King.
(b) Elbridge Gerry.
(c) Charles Pinckney.
(d) Alexander Hamilton.

2. Who writes that Rhode Island's absence from the Convention is insignificant in the face of the stated unity of the delegates?
(a) Dr. Benjamin Franklin.
(b) Dr. Benjamin Rush.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) James Madison.

3. What does the term "American" mean to William Priest?
(a) An Indian or one of the New World "aborigines".
(b) Someone who pledges to support the new government.
(c) A white man descends from a native of Europe.
(d) Any person living in the New World.

4. Which delegate proposes that the positive vote of seven states constitutes ratification of the Constitution?
(a) Pierce Butler.
(b) James Wilson.
(c) David Carroll.
(d) James Madison.

5. Where does the Constitution go after it is signed in Philadelphia?
(a) To Congress, who recommends it to the states for ratification.
(b) To state governors for their approval, then to Congress.
(c) To the individual states for ratification.
(d) To Congress for ratification.

Short Answer Questions

1. What shocks European visitors to the Southern states?

2. Which delegate moves to postpone the vote on ratification?

3. Who creates a dictionary to capitalize on the uniqueness of the American language?

4. In Chapter Seven, which delegate is described as being aware of the importance and significance of the Convention and its business?

5. Which delegate is vehemently opposed to the clause in the Virginia Resolves that gives the national legislature authority to veto laws they judge improper?

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